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Shaw Clifton (born 21 September 1945) is a former General of The Salvation Army. He succeeded John Larsson as the 18th General on 2 April 2006. ==Career== Shaw Clifton was born on 21 September 1945 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Clifton was commissioned as an officer of The Salvation Army on 5 July 1973. His first appointment was to Burnt Oak Corps (London), in the British Territory in July 1973. He went briefly to continue his theological studies at International Headquarters (IHQ) in October 1973, before being appointed in January 1975 with his wife, Helen, to Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia), initially to the Mazowe Secondary School and then to Bulawayo as corps officers. He returned to the United Kingdom in 1979 to take charge of Enfield Corps, North London. In June 1982 he became the legal and parliamentary secretary at International Headquarters (IHQ). This was followed by an appointment in 1989 to Bromley Corps in South London. In May 1992 he became Divisional Commander in the Durham and Tees Division of the United Kingdom Territory with the Republic of Ireland. He served in that post until 1995. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and appointed Divisional Commander in the Massachusetts Division of the USA Eastern Territory for two years. He was appointed as Territorial Commander of the Pakistan Territory of The Salvation Army in 1997 with the rank of Colonel, later promoted to the rank of Commissioner while still in Pakistan where the work of the Army prospered during his service there. In 2002, he became Territorial Commander of the New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga Territory. In 2004, he was returned to the United Kingdom territory this time as Territorial Commander until, at the Army's 16th High Council held at Sunbury Court, Sunbury-on-Thames, London, he became General-elect of The Salvation Army on 28 January 2006, taking office in succession to General John Larsson on 2 April 2006. He served a five-year term, entering retirement in 2011. He married Commissioner Helen Clifton (née Ashman), who was born in 1948 in Edmonton, London, on 15 July 1967. They have three children, Matt, John and Jenny (Collings). Two are officers in The Salvation Army (a third resigned in 2012). Commissioner Helen Clifton was world president of women's ministries and has been a Salvation Army officer since 1973. In 1984 they jointly edited a book 'Growing Together' about marriage and family life. () On 13 September 2007, Clifton became a Freeman of the City of London. In November 2007 he was diagnosed with early and operable cancer and, on medical advice, all overseas travel was cancelled or postponed until the end of June 2008. Meanwhile he continued to carry out all the usual functions of the office of the General of The Salvation Army. Medical treatment and surgery led to a return to full health. Overseas travel with full public engagements resumed in August 2008. Clifton and his wife entered into retirement on 2 April 2011. Helen Clifton was diagnosed with cancer in August 2010 and died on 14 June 2011. In October 2013 Clifton married Birgitte Brekke, an officer of The Salvation Army, and of Danish nationality holding the rank of commissioner and currently overseeing the Army's operations throughout Europe. She was formerly married to Bo Brekke, of Norwegian nationlaity, who was killed in Pakistan in 2007 in the course of his role as territorial commander of The Salvation Army there. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shaw Clifton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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